This site was primarily designed in Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition from Microsoft.  This is the most robust free web development environment I have used.

For quickly vieweing & directly editing code, I use both Notepad++ and PSPad Editor . 

I use DevProject Manager to organize & keep track of site development.

Most of the icons used throughout this site were created by Mark James. I have primarily used his Silk icon set, as well as some icons from the Mini icon set. Mark has graciously made these icons available free for personal use under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

Alterations to 3rd party icons & other graphics used on this site have been limited to resizing, format conversion to reduce size, and file renaming.  All icon sets used for this site - and a number that aren't used - are listed below:

free to use

Icon Set	Author	License
famfamfam flags	Mark James	free to use
famfamfam mini	Mark James	free to use
famfamfam silk	Mark James	CC Attribution 2.5
Web Development icons #1	IcoJoy	free to use
Web Development icons #2	IcoJoy	free to use
Web Development icons #3	IcoJoy	free to use
Web Development icons #4 SE	IcoJoy
Web Development icons #1	IcoJoy	free to use
Web Development icons #1	IcoJoy	free to use
Web 2.0 RSS icons	IcoJoy	free to use
BackToPixel: free icons #5	IcoJoy	free to use
Fugue	pinvoke	CC Attribution 3.0
Diagona	pinvoke	CC Attribution 3.0
twotiny	Paul Jarvis	Artist License/GPL
twotone	Paul Jarvis	Artist License/GPL
Sanscons	Some Random Dude	free to use
Sanscons+	Some Random Dude	free to use
Bitcons	Some Random Dude	free to use
Bitcons+	Some Random Dude	free to use
Sweetie Base Pack	Joseph North	CC Attributon Share Alike 3.0
Sweetie Web Communication	Joseph North	CC Attributon Share Alike 3.0
Drunkey Love	Kevin Wetzels	free to use
Kandyan Crystal Glass	Kandyansoft	free for personal use
Mini Pixel Icons	N.Design Studio	free to use, must link back if using 10+ or pay for licensing
Kostenlose iconsets	mIcons	CC Attribution 3.0 Unported
Web Control Icons	Marko	CC Public Domain
80 x 15 micro buttons	kosmar	take-and-link
Surprise! Icon Pack v.2	KZZU	free for personal & non-commercial use
Dark & Illuminations	Kant	CC Attribution Non-Commerical No Derivatives 2.0 license
The Last Order	Rokey	free for personal use
Hydroxygen	Deviant Dark	LGPL

Modal overlay pop-up windows created using Greybox from OrangooLabs. Movable overlay wihndows created using DHTML Window Widget from Dynamic Drive.

All micro buttons designed for this site were made using the free, online 80 x 15 Banner Maker.

Translation services are provided by Google Translation and Translation Expert's InterTran.

The following feeds, widgets & gadgets have been incorporated into this site:

Name/Description	Source	Section
Airefare Widget	Airfarewatchdog	Travel
AlertCon	Internet Security Systems	Security Center
Beer Reviews & Ratings	RateItAll	Beer
Bookmarking	Share This	siteBar
Broadband Speed Test	Broadband Speed Checker	Tools
Calculator	Javascript Kit	siteBar
Digg Headlines	Digg.com	Home
Dilbert comic	Dilbert.com	Home
Flight Status	FlightStats	Travel
Flight & Hotel Reservation Search	Yahoo! Farechase	Travel
Flight, Hotel, Rental Car & Cruise Search	Kayak	Travel
IMpact Index	Facetime	Security Center
Instant Messaging, IM Anywhere	Meebo	Communicate
Network Tools	WebSitePulse	Tools
News Feed Reader	Grazr	Home, Beer, Wine, Security Center, Travel
quote of the Day	The Quotations Page	Home
Site Monitoring	Mon.itor.us	About
Site RSS Feed Subscription	Add to Any	siteBar
SMS Text Messaging	Text4Free.net	siteBar
Stock Market Monitor	SaneBull	Home
Terror Alert Level	World Alert	Security Center
Text Translator	TranslationBooth	Travel
This Day in History	The Free Dictionary	Home
Traffic Magnet	Traffic.com	siteBar
Travel Visa Requirements	VisaHQ	Travel
Unit Converter	unitconversion.org	siteBar
US Airport Delays	FlightStats	Travel
Visitor Map	FlightStats	About
Weather	iBegin	Home
Webmail Access	Mail2Web	Communicate
Word of the Day	The Free Dictionary	Home
World Clock	ZebraMap	siteBar
Yellow Pages Directory Search	DexKnows.com	siteBar

All of the software & services listed above are available for free.